Sadly on this occasion it was not very appealing to my boys. So we decided to travel to a more sheltered part of the the Llyn....back to Criccieth..........where a few hardy souls had already set up camp........

I love a sandy beach, but there was something rather appealing about the colours of these pebbles too.........

At the back of the beach they were all small and flat....the perfect shape for skimming......the boys loaded their pockets and ran off to the sea............

I LOVED the larger flat ones and was already thinking of things I could paint on such a smooth surface........

We had brought our little gas ring and eldest cooked Pork and Apple sausages ( a family favourite ) while youngest and I went off to buy some chips and mushy peas from the appropriately named Castle Fish and Chips which was nearby.

It was a delicious meal and everybody cheered up when they had full tummies.
The sky lightened and the boys headed into the water.............

I LOVE all the shades of lilac, blue and silvery grey in this photo too.

Soon the sun was breaking through the clouds.........

and beams of watery sunlight illuminated the sea...................

This young gull watched the boys antics...he seemed decidedly unimpressed.........

Then there were big patches of blue that made a wonderful backdrop to the red paintwork on the lifeboat station.............

Eldest and I went for a wander around the pretty town.............

Just look at the size of the stone blocks used to build this cute cottage...........

We picked up some cups of tea for the adults...........

And headed back to the beach with them.............

I took way too many pictures as the light was changing all the time.............

How I loved the sunlight on the sea and the silhouetted castle..........

this is one of two paintings Mum did on the beach that day...........

I think the colours are wonderful.

That evening there was not a cloud in the sky and I took this photo as the sun set..........

Then we laid crochet blankets on the grass.......turned out the house lights and laid down to watch a million stars twinkling in the night sky. Youngest snuggled next to me and sung THIS Christmas carol in my ear.
It may have been the wrong time of year but it was the most perfect moment all holiday for me.
Jacquie x

21 comments:

Such beautiful colours in your photos - really amazing. Your mum's painting is very, very good. She's so talented. How nice to have that lovely Christmas carol sung to you even if it was the wrong time of year!

Intrigued as to which carol you were referring , I clicked on the link and have been reduced to a quivering wreck as memories of my five children's carol services came flooding back and totally overwhelmed me! My youngest and least confident child is about to leave for university and I'm fraught with anxiety, you'd think by now we'd have everything down to a fine art but life's just not like that, is it? Thank you so much for all your wonderful posts, you are so generous with your time, I really look forward to checking out your blog each day Blods x

What a beautiful part of the world! I can imagine the tales the dwellers of those cottages have, living so close to the sea. Love the stone type mushroom by that one cottage (I have plans of trying to make some of those myself before the summer ends.) As a family of 'rock hounds' we would have carted half of that beach home! lol Thanks for sharing.

I have just found your blog recently and have loved following your holiday journey through Wales. It looks SO beautiful and I hope to go there one day, as I guess my great grandparents came from there to America. Would love to look up those family roots and know which part of Wales holds a piece of my history...and I'm sure if I ever visit it will hold a piece of my heart as well.

I just LOVE all of your pictures and thank you so much for sharing your adventures. ;)

Beautiful photos. I've only been to Criccieth once, Dave and I visited on our first holiday together and we collected pebbles from that beach and made our pebble people (as seen in last October's scavenger hunt) http://roachling.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/photo-scavenger-hunt-october.html

What beautiful photos, they really are lovelier than ever. I used to holiday in that area when I was little, and I do remember loving it there. I shall definitely think about it if we are lucky enough to go away next year. I particularly love the mountains overlooking the sea. Stunning. CJ xx

Love your posts the carol made me cry its a new one for me I've only heard when my daughter and her primary school friends sung at the carol concert the school did now she is in senior school they don't do carol concerts also sh lives with my sister so theses things were more special,its a love new song that goes well with the more traditional, and how clever of your boy to rembered and link it to your night lovely memories for you all.